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It’s Sri Lanka's first election since it saw mass protests that triggered its worst economic crisis. ... Samira Hussain - BBC News, Colombo. September 17, 2024 at 3:25 PM
For years, the Rajapaksa family – led by Mahinda - held a vice-like grip over Sri Lankan politics. In his first term, Mahinda Rajapaksa presided over the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war ...
The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, commonly known as Aragalaya (Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government was heavily criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe inflation ...
September 11, 2024 at 1:49 AM. By Uditha Jayasinghe. COLOMBO (Reuters) - Not one of the 38 contenders in Sri Lanka's presidential election this month is a woman, a stark contrast in the Indian ...
Colombo was the capital of the coastal areas controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British from the 1700s to 1815 when the British gained control of the entire island following the Kandyan convention. From then until the 1980s the national capital of the island was Colombo.
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
By Uditha Jayasinghe. COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Colombo port has seen a big jump in container volumes in recent weeks as vessels steering clear of tensions in the southern Red Sea have found ...
Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena. [1][2] Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited ...